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Cumberland, Rhode Island, 4,868 students in 9 schools

Cumberland School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Cumberland, measured against Cumberland's own big snow morning of 9 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Cumberland close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Cumberland.
The Cumberland playbook

How Cumberland calls a snow day

How families hear

By email, phone call, the district website, local TV, radio and social media.

“All school closings and delays will be listed on the front page of the district website.”
School Cancellation Information

5 built in snow days

On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “inclement weather days”.

“First 5 Inclement Weather Days Waived, if Needed”
Source

Making up a lost day

After five waived days, added after the June 14 last day on June 15 to 18.

Make up dates: Jun 15, Jun 16, Jun 17, Jun 18.

“June 15, 16, 17, 18 Additional Inclement Weather Days, if needed”
Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 26, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
  • February break Feb 15 to Feb 19
  • Last day June 14, 2027
District calendar

Read from Cumberland’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is cumberlandschools.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Cumberland’s snow record

33.9inches of snow a winter
4.2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
1.8with 4 in or more
9 ina big snow morning in Cumberland: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 67% of the 36 Rhode Island districts with a station record.

0.6Nov
5.4Dec
8.7Jan
12.6Feb
5.8Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 17 in on February 24, 2026
  • Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 71.9 in
  • 6 in mornings 1.1 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 5.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 3.3 miles away. Mornings are the 7 am snow reading on a weekday from December 1 through March 31, over the ten winters from 2016 to 2017 through 2025 to 2026, from NOAA GHCN Daily.

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The Rhode Island rule

How Rhode Island counts a lost day

Rhode Island requires 180 days, or the equivalent of at least 1,080 school hours under a commissioner approved calendar.

The Rhode Island rules in the agency’s own words, and every Rhode Island district

Next door

Districts near Cumberland

DistrictSnow a winter4 in morningsBuilt in days
Lincoln School DistrictLincoln33.9 in1.8
Woonsocket School DistrictWoonsocket33.9 in1.85
Pawtucket School DistrictPawtucket45.3 in2.3
North Providence School DistrictNorth Providence45.3 in2.3
Johnston School DistrictJohnston45.3 in2.3
Providence School DistrictProvidence32.8 in1.1
The schools

9 schools

Every school in Cumberland follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

  • Cumberland High School

Middle

  • North Cumberland Middle
  • Joseph L. McCourt MS

Elementary

  • Community School
  • John J. McLaughlin Cumberland
  • Garvin Memorial
  • B.F. Norton Elementary School
  • Ashton School

Other schools

  • Cumberland Preschool Center
Questions

Cumberland snow day questions

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A residential street under deep snow on a bright blue morning, cars parked along the curb buried into smooth white mounds, one set of tire tracks down the middle
The morning after a big one: cars buried to the mirrors and one set of tracks down the middle. A street like this is a closing, no debate. Photo, Fairfax, Virginia, January 2016: Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY 4.0

The odds are a forecast read, and the superintendent makes the call: the district’s own announcement is the one to follow.